Finding Aid: Congress
& the Presidency
The following selective
list of print and Web resources has been compiled by the Layne Library
staff as a starting point for research on Congress and the Presidency.
It is not a complete listing of the materials available, but is intended
to serve as a guide to some of the resources available in the Library,
and as a pointer to a variety of online resources.
Encyclopedias
And Reference Sources
- The Almanac
of American Politics
Ref JK1012 .A44 2000
- Congressional
Districts in the 1990's
Ref JK1341 .C64 1993
- Congressional
Quarterly Almanac
Ref JK1 .C66
- Congressional
Quarterly's Guide to Congress
Ref JK1021 .C565 1991
- Congressional
Roll Call
Ref JK1 .C6635
- CQ Weekly Report
Ref JK1 .C15
- Congress A to
Z : CQ's Ready Reference Encyclopedia
Ref JK1067 .C67 1988
- Encyclopedia
of the Democratic Party
REF. JK2312 .E53 1997
- Encyclopedia
of the Republican Party
REF. JK2352 .E53 1997
- The Encyclopedia
of the United States Congress
Ref JK1067 .E63 1995
- Washington Information
Directory
Ref JK421 .W33
- Official Congressional
Directory
Ref JK1011 .U5 1999/00
- Presidential
Administration Profiles for Students
Ref JK511 .P78 2000
- Facts About
the Presidents
Ref E176.1 .K3 1993
- Congressional
Quarterly's Guide to the Presidency
Ref JK
516 .C57 1996
- Running for
President: The Candidates and Their Images
Ref E183 .R96 1994
- Encyclopedia
of the Reagan-Bush Years
Ref JK511 .L48 1996
- Presidential
Also-Rans and Running Mates, 1788-1980
Ref E176.1 .S695 1984
- Political Parties
& Elections in the United States: An Encyclopedia Ref
JK2261 .P633 1991
- World Book Election
2000 Ref JK526 2000b
- World Book of
America's Presidents Ref JK511 .W67 2001
Indexes
-
InfoTrac Web Fulltext Databases
: citations, abstracts, and full text articles
- Try more than
one database for the most thorough results -- remember that each
database indexes different periodicals.
- Search the following
subjects:
- "
United States Congress
"
- "
Presidents
"
- "Executive
Power"
-
Facts.com
- Contains archived
newswire coverage of United States and world events, maps, time lines,
photos, and biographical information.
-
Proquest
: citations, abstracts, and full text articles
- Use a GUIDED
search, or for specific names and/or terms for more exact results.
- Search for
the following terms within the subject field:
"Presidents"
"Congress"
"Presidential Elections"
Searching the
Library Catalog
- Search the following
subjects:
"
United States Congress
"
"
Presidents--United States
"
Books
- The Agenda
: Inside the Clinton White House
/ Bob Woodward E886.2 .W66 1994
- Eisenhower
/ Stephen E. Ambrose E836 .A828 1983
- The Imperial
Presidency
/ Arthur Schlesinger JK511 .S35
- In the
Arena : A Memoir of Victory, Defeat, and Renewal
/ Richard M. Nixon E856.A3 N59 1990
- Keeping
Faith : Memoirs of a President
/ Jimmy Cater E873 .A34 1982
- Organizing
and Staffing the Presidency
JK518 .O74
- Tumultuous
Years : The Presidency of Harry S Truman, 1949-1953
/ Robert J. Donovan E813 .D63 1982
- With Reagan
: The Inside Story
/ Edwin Meese E877.2 .M44 1992
- The Years
of Lyndon Johnson : Means of Ascent
/ Robert A. Caro E847 .C34 1990
Periodicals
Print journals
available in Layne Library (some may be on microfiche)
- Annals
of Congress
(Shelved in McGovern Room)
- Congressional
Digest
- Congressional
Record
(Shelved in McGovern Room)
- Presidential
Studies Quarterly
Full Text Electronic
Journals via
J-STOR
- Titles in
Political Science
- Titles
in History
Web Sites
Legislation
-
THOMAS
-- US Congress on the Internet
Statistics
Videos
-
Congress: A Day in the Life of a Representitive VT 1521
-
Constant Combatants: the President and Congress VT 1176
-
The Power Game : The Congress
VT 476
-
The Power Game: The Presidency
VT 479
-
The Power Game: The Unelected
VT 478
-
A World of Ideas : Forrest McDonald
VT 344
